Category Archives: Small Parks

You Will Miss Us When We Are Gone: A Lansing Compilation – out now!

Posted on October 25, 2026 | Leave a comment

You Will Miss Us When We Are Gone: A Lansing Compilation is a 36 artist compilation curated by our friends Silver Maple Kill Records. Available for free download at Bandcamp, the compilation features new music from The Plurals, A Rueful Noise, The Wild Honey Collective, Cavalcade, No Skull, Small Parks, Flatfoot, Liam VanDerHeide, From Big Sur, La La Delivery, Sordid, Leisure.. just to name a dozen of ’em that have a history of GTG releases or Fest appearances, etc! Ranging from folk to metal to hip hop to all flavors of indie rock, You Will Miss Us is a wonderful 2026 snapshot of the always-moving range of music in the fair rusty capital of Michigan.

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Posted in A Rueful Noise, Cavalcade, GTG Records, Lansing, No Skull, Small Parks, The Plurals, The Wild Honey Collective

Tagged DIY, GTG Records, Lansing, Michigan Music, Punk

GTG Fest XIX – Oct 16-18

Posted on September 29, 2026 | Leave a comment

The 19th annual GTG Fest will be Oct-18 at The Avenue Cafe in Lansing, MI!

Friday Oct 16 / 8 PM/ 21+ / $5 Cover

8:15 Liam VanDerHeide
8:30 Pencil Marks
9:00 Feign
9:30 Templetons (Ramones set)
10:00 Braineaters (Misfits set)
10:30 Moon Pony
11:00 A Rueful Noise
11:30 Ozenza
12:00 The Aliens

Saturday Oct 17 / 8 PM / 21+ / $5 Cover

8:15 Liam VanDerHeide
8:30 At War with the Birds (ex The Hat Madder)
9:00 LVRS
9:30 Narc Out the Reds
10:00 Candid Antics
10:30 Small Parks
11:00 Sad Leaves (members of The Plurals)
11:30 No Skull
12:00 The Louderthans

Sunday Oct 18 / 5 PM / All Ages

5:15 Wild Honey Ramblers
6:00 Overtone
6:45 New
7:30 Flatfoot
8:15 Justice For Midge
9:00 GTG All Star Party Band

Facebook Event!

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Posted in A Rueful Noise, GTG Fest, Lansing, Narc Out the Reds, No Skull, Small Parks, The Hat Madder, The Hunky Newcomers, The Plurals

Tagged Fun, GTG Fest, GTG Records, Lansing, Michigan Music, party, The Avenue Cafe

GTG Fest 2025 – Oct 17/18/19!

Posted on October 7, 2025 | Leave a comment

The 18th annual GTG Fest is coming to The Avenue Cafe in Lansing, Oct 17-19!

FRIDAY OCTOBER 17 @ 8 PM (21+)

Narc Out the Reds
Ladyship Warship
Small Parks
Braineaters (Lansing all-star Misfits set!)
Mr Denton on Doomsday
No Skull
The Plurals
… and more!

SATURDAY OCTOBER 18 @ 8 PM (21+)

Hardigrade
Brian Lisik
La La Delivery
A Rueful Noise
Jeremy Porter
The Wild Honey Collective
Dead Honey Collective
… and more!

SUNDAY OCTOBER 19 @ 5 PM (all ages)

The Plurals (again!)
Tequila Mockingbird
The Stick Arounds (acoustic)
Livewire … and more (maybe?)!

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Posted in A Rueful Noise, Dead Honey Collective, GTG Activity, GTG Fest, GTG Records, Jeremy Porter and The Tucos, Lansing, Narc Out the Reds, No Skull, Small Parks, The Hunky Newcomers, The Plurals, The Stick Arounds, The Wild Honey Collective

Tagged DIY, Fun, GTG Fest, GTG Records, Lansing, Michigan Music, party, Punk, The Avenue Cafe, The Plurals, Wow

StoopFest 2025

Posted on May 8, 2025 | Leave a comment

StoopFest is back in Lansing this weekend! May 9&10!

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Posted in Small Parks, The Wild Honey Collective

Tagged DIY, DIY Music Festival, Folk, GTG Records, Lansing, Michigan, Michigan Music, Michigan Music Festival, Music Festival, Punk, Small Parks, stoopfest, Stoopfest 2025, The Avenue Cafe, Wild Honey Collective

GTG Fest / Punks Vs Pokes 2024

Posted on September 23, 2024 | Leave a comment

GTG Fest 2024 (+ Punks Vs. Pokes!) – 10/18 & 10/19 at The Avenue Cafe

Fri 10/18 – Narc Out the Reds, No Skull, Leisure – Lansing, MI, Hardigrade, Brother Wolf, Willy Fotang, the LoLo Show

Sat 10/19 – PUNKS VS POKES w/ The Wild Honey Collective, Flatfoot, Small Parks, The Plurals, Deer & Elk (Full Band), Nunya

Let the good times roll!

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Posted in GTG Activity, GTG Fest, Lansing, Narc Out the Reds, No Skull, Small Parks, The Hunky Newcomers, The Plurals, The Stick Arounds, The Wild Honey Collective

Tagged Country, DIY, Flatfoot, Fucking Awesome, Fun, GTG Fest, GTG Fest 2024, GTG Records, Lansing, Michigan Music, party, Punk, Punks Vs Pokes, The Avenue Cafe, The Plurals, Wild Honey Collective, Wow

June 2023

Posted on June 1, 2023 | Leave a comment

A fair amount of shows featuring GTG acts are happening this month, catch ’em!

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6/1 – Wild Honey+Jack Straw (Honey Straw) @ Mac’s (Lansing)
6/1 – Jeremy Porter & The Tucos @ Happy Dog (Cleveland, OH)
6/2 – Jeremy Porter & The Tucos @ Highland Taproom (Louisville, KY)
6/3 – Jeremy Porter & The Tucos @ Weasel Boy Brewing (Zanesville, OH)
6/3 – The Stick Arounds @ Tip Top (Grand Rapids, MI)
6/3 – Wild Honey Collective @ Moriarty’s (Lansing)
6/9 – The Plurals, A Rueful Noise @ The Avenue (Lansing)
6/9 – No Skull @ Speciation (Grand Rapids)
6/10 – A Rueful Noise @ Winewood Organics (Ann Arbor, MI)
6/10 – Wild Honey Collective @ Horrocks GR (Grand Rapids)
6/15 – Jeremy Porter & The Tucos @ Westside Bowl (Youngstown, OH)
6/16 – Small Parks @ The Avenue – Rodeo Boys Record Release!
6/16 – Jeremy Porter & The Tucos @ The Loud (Huntington, WV)
6/17 – Jeremy Porter & The Tucos @ Tootle`s Pumpkin Inn (Circleville, OH)
6/23 – The Plurals @ Pyramid Scheme (Grand Rapids) w/ Lazy Genius
6/29 – Wild Honey Trio @ Jaycees Park (Grand Ledge, MI)
6/30 – Mistic Mountian @ The Avenue w/ Pocket Vinyl

All this plus Matty Carlson is hitting the road for a house concert tour (read more here):

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Posted in A Rueful Noise, Blaine and His Keyboard, GTG Activity, Harborcoat, Jeremy Porter and The Tucos, No Skull, Small Parks, The Plurals, The Stick Arounds, The Wild Honey Collective

Tagged DIY, DIY Tour, Grand Rapids, GTG Records, Harborcoat, Indie Rock, Jeremy Porter, Lansing, Michigan Music, party, Phonophore Records, Punk, The Avenue Cafe, The Plurals, The Wild Honey Collective, Tour Dates, Wild Honey Collective

All We Released in 2019!

Posted on January 2, 2020 | Leave a comment

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What a great year! Thanks for everything, let’s see what we can pull off in 2020!

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Posted in Bermuda Snohawk, Cavalcade, Disappointed Dad, Drinking Mercury, Harborcoat, Jeremy Porter and The Tucos, No Skull, Robot Repair, Small Parks, The Plurals, The Soods

Small Parks EP OUT NOW!

Posted on November 2, 2019 | Leave a comment

Bam! Another solid entry from Small Parks and for the ol GTG gang (is that redundant like ATM Machine?) in 2019. 3 new songs (one of which was previewed way back on GTG100) recorded this fall and produced by Nick Diener. Get ready to shout along. It’s great to have these fine folks back!

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Posted in Album, Small Parks

Tagged Cool, Emo, Lansing, Nice, Punk, Small Parks, The Swellers

Stoopfest 2019 – 4/19 & 4/20

Posted on April 16, 2019 | Leave a comment

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Stoopfest is back! The 4th annual edition of Lansing’s celebration of the eastside and alternative art and music is happening on April 19 and 20 with headliners Open Mike Eagle, Jeffery Lewis, Sammus, Lavender Country, and Mourning a BLKStar along with great locals including Grey Matter, Dogleg, Rodeo Boys, Sareem Poems, and a stacked roster of GTG acts at the Avenue all day on 4/20 with Cat Midway, Small Parks, Extra Arms, and The Plurals all doing their thing. Get tickets HERE and start getting ready for another killer fest! Full schedule below!
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